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Lifting-Jack.
Patent for an improved lifting jack, which "can be quickly placed beneath the axle of a vehicle and easily removed therefrom" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 1, 1903
Creator:
Adair, Benjamin Lockett
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hoeing-Machine.
Patent for dual drive hoeing machine. Machine utilizes a "carriage, support brackets, journaled drive shaft, crank arm and gyrating arm" (p. 3, lines 31-34). The machine produces straight rows and eliminates side draft (p.1, 15-19)
Date:
December 1, 1914
Creator:
Ashely, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag Saw.
Patent for a new and improved drag saw. This design "is to provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and easily-operated machine for cross-cutting timber for railway-ties and material, or for cord-wood, stove-wood, or other uses" (lines 7-11).
Date:
January 1, 1884
Creator:
Bennett, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor
Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date:
July 1, 1918
Creator:
Chenoweth, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint and Varnish Removing Process.
Patent for improvements to the removal process for paint and varnish. An invention of a solution that will cause finished coatings to be removed with less expense, less time, and no specifically skilled labor requirement to meet.
Date:
November 18, 1919
Creator:
Cleveland, David P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date:
August 1, 1876
Creator:
Coleman, George S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto Steering-Lock
Patent for a lock designed to attach to the spokes of a steering wheel with the intention of guarding it from "unauthorized persons" (line 20), including illustrations.
Date:
June 1, 1920
Creator:
Cosby, Luther F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Arc Amp
Patent for electric arc lamp.
Date:
October 1, 1886
Creator:
Crowdus, Walter A. & Sutton, Henry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker.
Patent for a cotton picker, which has an improved hood that goes over the cotton plants.
Date:
March 1, 1910
Creator:
Dannelly, Frank M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame Fastener
Patent for a hame fastener. The function of this invention is to permit ready attachment to and the removal of. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1903
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mason's Jointer
Patent for jointers used by stone masons and brick masons which can be used to cut out mortar to a predetermined depth between courses of bricks and smooth the mortar surface for a neat and attractive joint.
Date:
August 1, 1916
Creator:
Downs, Anthony Wayne
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Roller-Cleaning Device.
Patent for a cleaning device designed to expedite the cleaning of printing press rollers.
Date:
March 1, 1917
Creator:
Farr, Charles A. & Dove, Bascom A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for thills. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the clip having the ears provided with the openings of the draft-iron having the eye at its inner end adapted to be inserted between the ears of the clip and having the transverse central opening" (lines 94-98). Further, it has "the coupling-bolt having the inclined shoulder and the nut provided with the [other] inclined shoulder and the sleeves having the inclined inner ends adapted to enter the inclines of the draft-iron and provided at their outer ends with the inclined recesses" (lines 1-7).
Date:
March 1, 1887
Creator:
Findley, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Boller
Patent for a land roller. Illustration included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wall Construction
Patent for a wall construction with metallic column casings and reinforced rods. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burning Furnace.
Patent for a furnace that can be powered either by gas or liquid fuel. Designed specifically for improved insulation and fuel efficiency.
Date:
March 1, 1921
Creator:
Hoover, Orvill Lockwood Mead
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Tire-Shrinking-Machine
Patent for a device that accomplishes cold-tire shrinking, in order to assure a snug tire fit onto any size cart wheel.
Date:
July 1, 1902
Creator:
House, Samuel N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stenographic-Writing Means
Patent for improvements in stenographic-writing (typewriting). The object of the invention being "to provide a keyboard comprising keys to cooperate with suitable printing means, and to so arrange said keys...to facilitate the speed at which the writing can be accomplished" (lines 14-20).
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Ireland, Ward S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Butter
Patent for a process of making butter.
Date:
November 1, 1904
Creator:
Irwin, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wood Pavement.
Patent for a new and improved wood pavement. This design "consists in a pavement consisting of wooden blocks stripped of bark, cylindrical in shape, and sawed at right angles to the axis of the blocks. Said blocks of live bois d'arc or other hard timber, about six inches long, and placed on ends on a road-bed of bank sand and gravel after the same has been well and compactly rolled, and the spaces between the blocks filled with screened gravel and rammed until solid, and then coated with tar and pitch" (lines 12-22).
Date:
July 1, 1884
Creator:
Johnson, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to that class of walking-cultivators or shovel-plows which are drawn by a single horse between two rows of plants, and which are frequently called 'double-shovel plows.' The leading object of the invention is to provide such a cultivator with two beams, each carrying a shovel, which beams are independently capable of vertical and lateral movements, whereby the operator can guide or lift the beams and shovels to avoid plants or obstacles" (lines 11-22).
Date:
January 1, 1889
Creator:
Jones, Fred B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Perpetual Calendar.
Patent for the improvement of calendars to create easier-to-read and quicker-to-adjust. These calendars were to be able to be used no matter the month or year and would always be accurate.
Date:
February 1, 1921
Creator:
Jones, L. Walter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine
The Patent is for a Stripping-Plate Molding-Machine. The purpose of this invention is "to provide a simple and efficient apparatus for forming sand models" (Kimball, lines 11-12 of patent).
Date:
August 1, 1911
Creator:
Kimball, Herbert E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal
Patent for a signal. This invention provides a signal for display to call the milkman, iceman, laundryman, etc. when in need for service. It is designed to display panels featuring suitable names for needed services. Illustration included.
Date:
January 1, 1907
Creator:
Marwedel, Paul
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History